146 The National Geographic Magazine 





Photo by Underwood & Underwood, Copyrighted 



Courtyard of a Moorish Residence in Fez Showing Decorated Doors 

 The decorations which resemble inlaying in appearance are painted on wood 



THE EXPERIENCE OE THE LADIES 



Thus we were led off along the dark 

 avenue beneath the overhanging branches 

 of the trees. 



"At least," I thought to myself, "At 

 least the ladies know nothing of this 

 horrible misadventure !" since I pictured 

 them as still awaiting in the drawing- 

 room our return from the servants' hall, 

 to explain the uproar and the screams of 

 the women. 



Very different, however, had been the 

 alarming experience of the other mem- 



bers of the family during the few minutes 

 which had elapsed between our leaving 

 the drawing-room and our departure with 

 the mountaineers. As we learned six 

 weeks afterward, the ladies had presently 

 followed us from the drawing-room, but 

 when they reached the servants' hall we 

 had already been driven out of doors. 



As Mrs. Perdicaris endeavored to 

 join us, one of the mountaineers, seizing 

 her, threw her violently backward, down 

 a half flight of stone steps onto the pave- 

 ment, while Mrs. Varley was pitched on 

 top of her. 



